Cushion.



PATENTED MAY 80,1905.

0. MBGENHART.

CUSHION.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 28. 1904.

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guozntoz Witngoow UNITED STATES Patented May 30, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,353, dat d ay 30, 1905.

' Application filed November 28,1904. Saria1No.Z34,561.

T0 at whom it may concerni- Be it known that I, OTTO MEGENHARTQa subject of the German Emperor, residing at 3 .Lindenstrasse, Berlin, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is a double cushion which can be used as a seatcushion or as a cushion for reclining purposes for railway-carriage furniture, ship furniture, and furniture of any other kind, said cushion being adapted to be serviceable simultaneously for sitting or sleeping purposes, so that the furniture to which it is applied can serve these two purposes. Hitherto for this purpose cushionings arranged one above the other were employed. In this case stiff springwork was employed for the seatcushion, Whereas more flexible springwork was selected for the reclining cushion. Such separate cushions take up, however, much space, and in consequence of the lack of space which exists, for instance, in railway-carriages or in cabins they provide neithera.

good seat-cushion nor a comfortable reclining cushion, and, moreover, they are very troublesome and inconvenient to handle. They are also frequently so heavy that ladies are not able to'manipulate them.

To do away with all the aboveeffects is the purpose of the present-invention.

The new double cushion according to the present invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in one constructional form given by way of example.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a section, while Fig. 2 is a plan of the cushioning.

In a suitably-shaped frame a,which, by way of example, may consist of wood, flat iron, or profile iron, two series of spring-carriers b b are arranged. These spring-carriers I) b can be of any suitable form and can be connected in a suitable manner with the frame a. In the drawings spring-carriers b I), made out of corrugated wire, are shown by way of example. They cam nevertheless, consist of, ribon the sprin -carriers b b, as is illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 2 consequently is formed. By means arranged between each spring or only at two or more places, as shown in the drawings. The connecting-pieces prevent a possible permanent bending of the carriers, and consequently a permanent sinking or giving way of the cushioning, said connecting-pieces balancing the pressure of the springs on the spring-carrier in question by a reaction which is provided by the spring-carrier, which is not loaded. If, for example, the springs 0 (represented in Fig. 1) are loaded above, the pres surewhich these springs 0 exert on the springcarrier o is taken up through the connecting" pieces cl by the spring-carrier I), which is not loaded. If the cushion is turned over so that the springs c are loaded, a pull will be exerted through the connecting-pieces cl on the spring-carrier b.

The connecting-pieces d may be made from any suitable material.

If the distance between the springs is properly chosen, it is impossible for the springs to strike against one another or against the spring-carriers. The springs themselves are connected in a well-known manner by laced cord or the like, chain members, or links.

The double cushions may be provided with pivots.

What I claim is 1. A cushion comprising a frame, and sets or series of springs arranged within the frame, one set of springs having a relatively higher position than another set, and the springs of. oneset being disposed "to project for a distance between the adjacent springs of another set, and spring-carriers attached to the springs and frame, substantially as described.

2. Adouble cushion, consisting of the comcrossing-places, substantially as and for thc bination of a frame, a plurality of springs c, 0 purpose set forth. forming two spring-cushion systems acting In testimony WhereofIhave signed my name independently of one another, a plurality of to this specification in the presence of two sub- 5 spring-carriers b, b on which said springs are scribing Witnesses. arranged, the springs c of the one side of the cushion being arranged in the intervals be- OTTO MEGENHAR'I" tween the springs 0 of the other side, and con- Witnesses: necting-pieces d connecting the spring-car- HENRY HASPER,

IO riers b With the spring-carriers I) at suitable VVOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

